Dear Denman Island

I have been having a blast going here and there to live and work.  It means I don't always have time to write like I want but this too shall pass. There is so much out there to say and see!  Currently I am on an island on Vancouver Island doing my thing.  It has afforded me the time to do my edits, and continue my research.  This island is much like Nova Scotia except perhaps a little more open to new people coming in.  Many parts of Ns are so far behind in so many ways, and on the surface it can seem charming, below, it can be very hard to move and meet new people or get accepted.  This end of the country was the first to be inhabited by more than aboriginals, and the first to be forgotten once the country grew and developed a government.

It is interesting living in different places in this huge country or other parts of the world. In the end, the climate may shape the culture, however as varied as the norms of different social structures are, they are still so much alike!  It is all about the people.  No matter what creed, race, colour or culture, people all have the same basic needs, the same basic desires and and are motivated with the same basic drives no matter how militant, or passive or convoluted they are.  Sometimes I think us human beings are so predictable because unless you are truly twisted in some way, we all want the same things, all act basically the same way under certain conditions, and like it or not, are all capable of unparalleled greatness or evil.  I have no doubts of this what so ever.  Perhaps this makes one more flexible and less judgemental since I can do as my brother or sister can do.  Who knows however one thing is for certain.  Where we are in our history, has all been done before.  

Perhaps this is a good point to remember when writing, that to appeal to others, just appeal to all our basic needs as desires, even if it is to pick up a good murder mystery and escape to somewhere else besides our daily lives, even if just for a short time.
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